Trump should win Nobel War Prize
War with Venezuela, military intervention in Mexico, the attack in Iran, the deployment of military force in U.S. cities, a trillion dollar military budget: Trump deserves a Nobel prize, but not for peace.
Trump’s man with a plan … to suppress the vote nationwide
If Kris Kobach and his Republican allies get their hands on the data and succeed in suppressing the vote, then Trump may well be on his way to a landslide victory in 2020.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 10
"How much perjury is too much perjury from a Supreme Court nominee?"
The tie that truly binds grand fortune and great talent
Our world’s richest are increasingly monopolizing the smarts of our smartest.
‘Data Colonialism’: Native communities fight AI data centers on indigenous land
As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, an activist said, “We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.”
Senate panel approves former ExxonMobil chief executive for secretary of state
His nomination now heads to the full Senate, which should confirm him next week.
Starbucks ignores worker demands at its peril
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met.
Only a despot-friendly Supreme Court, instead of reigning in WH crimes, opens the gates
The right’s ferocious war on the Constitution has now super-powered the executive, leaving Congress, the judiciary, regulators, and ordinary, law-abiding citizens in the lurch.
‘Gaza is being strangled:’ UNRWA calls for immediate ceasefire as humanitarian crisis deepens
We hear from UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai about the dire humanitarian crisis and the critical lack of food, water, medicine and especially fuel available for the millions “stranded” in Gaza.
Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in US
Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.